Media Advisory: Windsor-Essex County Public Health Nurses to Hold Information Picket Tonight at Windsor City Hall

WINDSOR, ON, Feb. 25, 2019 /CNW/ - Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) members seeking a new contract with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will hold an information picket at 5:30 pm today at Windsor City Hall.

The more than 80 Nurse Practitioners, Public Health Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses have been working without a contract since March 31, 2018. Tonight they will provide information prior to the City Council meeting.

The nurses are seeking a new contract that values their work and is respectful of the vital services they provide to more than 500,000 residents of Windsor-Essex County. ONA President Vicki McKenna, RN, points out that among the services and programs the nurses provide are school vaccination programs and monitoring for, investigating and controlling infectious disease outbreaks.

"With surrounding communities experiencing outbreaks of rubella, measles and sexually transmitted infections, their work is vital to the health of the residents of Windsor-Essex County," she said.

Conciliation talks took place February 1, and mediation is scheduled for February 28.

ONA is the union representing more than 65,000 registered nurses and health-care professionals, as well as 18,000 nursing student affiliates, providing care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community, clinics and industry.

What: Information Picket by Windsor-Essex Public Health Nurses
When: 5:30 pm, Monday, February 25, 2019
Where: City of Windsor Council Chambers, 350 City Hall Square West, Windsor

Visit us at: www.ona.org; Facebook.com/OntarioNurses; www.Twitter.com/OntarioNurses

SOURCE Ontario Nurses' Association

Sheree Bond, [phone], ext. 2430; cell: [phone]; [email protected]; Barb Deter, [phone]

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www.ona.org